Chapter 68 – The Undead General's New Skill

After evolving, Dolai conducted its customary new ability tests, allowing Mu Yuan to gain a clear understanding of the advanced skill, Dimensional Pocket.

“The Dimensional Pocket can hold over sixty cubic meters of space, providing substantial storage capacity—ten times larger than the rare-grade Storage Ring I obtained earlier. Moreover, as Dolai’s strength increases, the internal space of this skill can continue to expand.”

That was the first point.

The Dimensional Pocket skill isn’t limited to just functioning as a storage pouch.

Dolai opened its mouth, which initially appeared as a normal jelly-like form with a mouth, but in the blink of an eye, the mouth transformed into a dark, eerie black hole, seemingly capable of devouring everything.

And indeed, it could devour everything.

“Dolai’s Devour ability originally allowed it to consume and digest energy-based attacks. However, during combat, it dared not devour overly powerful attacks for fear of overeating, and it couldn’t spare much energy for digestion mid-battle. But with the Dimensional Pocket, it effectively gains a devouring transit station.”

To put it plainly, it’s perfect.

Dolai possesses two core skills and one core talent, all of which are not only advanced but also perfectly synergized. This is likely the advantage of a ‘hidden class.’ In comparison, even though Deadbone has the potential of an Emperor, its cultivation progress is far less smooth than Dolai’s. It has always envied Dolai for having such reliable and stable skills.

Ding!

Notification: Your unit ‘Bonesorrow Undertaker · Deadbone’ has developed Bonesorrow and created the secondary skill ‘Bone Wings.’

Notification: Your unit ‘Deadbone’ has independently created the skill ‘Sorrow of Decay’ based on undead energy, Charge, and Death Siphon.

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Sorrow of Decay: Attaches special energy to attacks. Upon hitting the target, it inflicts additional negative effects such as slow, weakness, life drain, etc.

Mu Yuan: “?”

…

The next day, Mu Yuan woke up early.

He browsed the morning news posted on the forum.

“Currently, 29 newly emerged Border Zones domestically have stabilized, with 21 officially open to players.”

“In Border Zone Yi-26, the exploration team made a significant discovery. Not only did they excavate a complete underground palace from a previous civilization, but they also found a special item, the ‘Hero’s Token.’ According to the pre-exploration agreement and the results of the champion duel, Lord Xiong Tianba ultimately secured this Hero’s Token. Additionally, his elite unit, the Black Knight, successfully passed the hero trial and advanced to a Hero unit.”

“A Hero unit, huh…”

“If I had a Hero unit, I wouldn’t have to miserably trek twenty kilometers to purify the Root of Filth.”

Of course, the uniqueness and value of a Hero extend far beyond that.

For a territory, a Hero serves as a commander.

A Hero can, like a Chosen Lord, command their own units with mere thoughts, directing them as effortlessly as moving their own limbs. They possess a portion of the Lord’s authority, sharing the Lord’s responsibilities. Moreover, a Hero can amplify the strength of the troops under their command.

Under the leadership of a high-tier Hero, even a Little Skeleton could possess the power to battle a Great Goblin, or even a Goblin Warrior.

Heroes can also possess strategic talents, use strategic Treasures, and more.

“But what does that have to do with me? Many seasoned Lords don’t even have a Hero.”

Mu Yuan, nibbling on a lemon in envy, closed the morning news.He used the mental link to contact the distant war falcon, instructing it to activate vision sharing. He could see that Deadbone had already set out ahead with elite fighters like Bone Two and Bone Three, subduing prominent monster groups along the path.

“Prompt: Your legion has slain 23 monsters including goblins.”

“Prompt: Your legion has slain 17 monsters including blood wolves.”

“Prompt: Your legion has conquered a kobold camp.”

This camp actually contained a rare-grade monster—a Level 9 kobold shaman. Raising its staff high, it instantly conjured a massive fireball.

The next moment—

Whoosh—

A bone spike shrieked through the air, piercing straight through the entire fireball before continuing unimpeded to impale the shaman’s kobold head. The head exploded like a watermelon, and the shaman collapsed stiffly to the ground.

In just a few minutes, Deadbone had captured this monster camp.

Of course, the subsequent cleanup and loot collection would still take considerable time.

Mu Yuan also led his team out.

His squad was small in number, but each member was elite.

Bouncing along at the front was the territory’s general, Dolai. Three skeleton warriors and three silver slimes were dispersed around the perimeter.

Further back, under the protection of three Level 7 imperial guards, was Lord Mu.

Three heavy shields were raised, providing a strong sense of security. Behind them were two reserve imperial guards and several skeleton warriors bringing up the rear.

The elite squad advanced steadily along the path cleared by Deadbone.

Encounters with monsters along the way were unavoidable.

But whether goblins, gray wolves, or jackalweres, none of these monsters could get within a hundred meters of Mu Yuan before being eliminated by the outer skeleton warriors.

Thump-thump—

Small black dots suddenly appeared in the distance.

Harpies! They wore revealing outfits with prominent figures, though their skin was rough and their faces were just a bit too ferocious, diving down from mid-air with a foul wind.

Then, they were swatted away like flies by a giant palm that suddenly appeared.

“Guji~”

Dolai retracted its hand, placed them on its hips, and let out a faint snort.

Mu Yuan: “…” Well, that’s my Dolai for you.

After more than two hours of arduous travel, Lord Mu finally reached the destination. In the distance, faint strands of drifting crimson mist were visible. The ground had become somewhat parched, showing a pale brown hue, and the tall trees further away were nearly withered, with only a few yellowed leaves still clinging to them.

“The Root of Filth continuously drains the earth’s energy and destroys the surrounding environment. How can a lord like me, who cares about the world’s safety, turn a blind eye? I must thoroughly purify it!”

“Attack!”

The horn had been blown, the flames of war ignited.

Mu Yuan narrowed his eyes as intangible threads of mental energy spread out like a vast net, linking each vanguard elite.

Perhaps relying on Undead General’s command, they could manage to encircle and eliminate these monsters without too much difficulty.

But,

since Lord Mu had come all this way, standing idle wouldn’t do. He might as well try applying the mental link to real-time combat.

He simultaneously linked dozens of units!

His real-world self could clearly perceive it all, so Mu Yuan simply closed his eyes.

Squad one, lure the enemy.

Squad two, set an ambush.

Squad three, charge up.

Soon, a group of flying monsters—’bat demons’—surged out from the Land of Filth, swooping down like a small black cloud.But what greeted them was the precise strikes of Fireballs, arrows, and thrown spears.

“Second team, fall back. First team, flank around.”

“Try to eliminate the enemies outside the Land of Filth.”

The number of monsters in the Land of Filth was considerable, and their types were even more diverse.

However, whenever monsters appeared, they were immediately met with Triple Shots and thrown spears. Under Mu Yuan’s meticulous command, the Sharpshooters and Skeleton Warriors were each assigned specific targets, ensuring not a single ounce of firepower was wasted.

If a particularly strong individual target emerged, Bone Two and Bone Three would hurl a Charged spear, instantly obliterating them on the spot.

From time to time, Mu Yuan directed tactical maneuvers, rear-line disruptions, and aerial assaults.

In just two short minutes, over a hundred enemies were annihilated.

And then, a brilliant light flashed within the Land of Filth. A Goblin with blue-purple tattoos covering its body, blue-tinged skin, and bulging muscles slowly emerged.

It wielded two curved sabers, from which dazzling arcs of lightning erupted.

As it swung the sabers down with immense force, a blinding bolt of lightning roared forth like a thunderous serpent, shattering the ground continuously.

“This is… a Thunder Goblin!”

“And it has definitely reached the Professional Tier!”

“The Guardian Skills of the two Imperial Guards will struggle to block this Daoist Magic attack.”

Thus,

A chubby figure descended from the sky, landing at the forefront of the battle line.

It extended a hand, its palm parting to reveal a mouth-like arc.

In the next moment, the arc opened into a black hole, swallowing the crackling, roaring lightning with a gulp, leaving not a trace of aftermath.

(End of Chapter)